Vending-machine



W. E. GOODYEAR. VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.26, 1917.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920..

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W. E. GOODYEAR. VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1917.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. E. GOODYEAR.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26', 1917- 1,335,493. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

W. E. GOODYEAR.

VENDING MACHINE.-

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1917.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

W. E. GOODYEAR.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICMZION FiLED SEPT. 26. 1917.

5 T 0 m 4 s m d5 m m P WILLIAM E. GOODYEAR, 015 NEW YORK, 1\T. Y.

' VENDING-MACHINE. I

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Mar. 36, 1920.

Application filed September 26, 1917. Serial No, 133,299.

is a specification, reference being had there in to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation, in general, to

so-called check-controlled, otherwise known commonly as coin-controlled, vending machines or apparatuses of a class in use at the present time, to some extent for vending articles of food but adapted for use in vending other articles as well. A machine or apparatus of this class comprises a locked container which in use is supplied by an attendant with a given article of food, or other article, and from which the said article is removed by a customer after the latter has unlocked the container by depositing a check, usually a coin of a predetermined denomination, in a receiver therefor and operating a knob or handle which is made effective for unlocking purposes through the depositing of the said coin or other cheek. Usually a container is furnished with a locked delivery-door at the side next the customer, and with a filling-door at the side next to the attendant.

A principal object of the invention is to prevent oversight on the part of the attendant involving a failure on his part to close and lock the delivery-door after resupplying the container with an article of the intended kind, after .the article previously contained therein has been removed by a customer. Another Object of the invention is to warn the customer when the container has been emptied and the attendant has neglected to re-supply it with the intended contents, and in addition prevent the customer from inserting checks or coins into the coin-retainer or raceway. Another object is to improve the construction of vending machines.

Briefly stated, one feature of the invention provides for compelling the attendant to effect the locking of the delivery-door before he can open the container to refill it. in other vending machines devices have been provided for locking'the delivery-door through the operation of opening the filling-door. These devices are unsatisfactory in practice, because the operation thereof, and the locking of the delivery-door, depend upon the extent to which the fillingdoor is opened. A careless attendant may notalways open the filling-door to. the extent required for locking the delivery-door. My invention provides a device which automatically locks the filling-door when a purchaser operates the machine to effe t the unlocking 0f the delivery-door preliminary to opening the latter. The locking device for the filling-door is so combined with the locking mechanism for the delivery-door that the action of unlocking the filling-door effects the locking of the delivery-door. This portion of my invention renders a vending machine proof against negligence on the part of the attendant in closing and locking the delivery door, since'the attendant'cannot open' the filling-door. to effect refilling of the container until after the delivery-door has been completely closed.

Another feature of the invention is an adjustable coin-retainer and indicator which, when adjusted to operate with any predetermined number of coins, always indicates inplain-figures which are conspicuously displayed the number of coins that must be inserted in order to operate the machine.

Another feature of the invention consists in an automatic device for indicating that. the container is empty after a purchaser has operated the machine, and for closing the mouth or entrance of the coin-retainer or raceway.

Other features are In the drawings,-

Figure 1. is a front embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof, with the pipe into which the coins pass from the receiver partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts that are shown in Fig. 2 with intermediate portions of the container 3 and the locking lever 27 for the filling-door 26 broken out to reduce the size of the view.

Fig. 4 is a view partly in vertical section on line 4, 4, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of the side opposite that shown in Fig. 4, with certain small portions" broken away. a

Fig. 6 is a view in vertical section on planes adjacent and parallel with the partition or wall.

described hereinafter.

view of an installation Fig. 7, Sheet 3, is a partly sectional detail Fig. 8, Sheet 4 is a partly sectional elevation with the door partly open, looking from the side opposite that shown in F igs.5

and 7. v

Fig. 9, Sheet 3 is a sectional detail at the same side as in Figs. 5 and 7 showing the delivery-door entirely open. Fig. 10, Sheet 4, is a sectional view of the latch for the locking lever.

Fig. 11, Sheet 5, is a'view in horizontalsection on an enlarged scale showing the parts adjacent the knob which is operated by the customer.

Fig. 12, Sheet 5, is a rear elevation of the coin-retainer, detached, on enlarged scale, and Fig. 13, same sheet, is a side elevation thereof, showing also the, part of the partition or wall with which it is engaged.

Fig. 14, Sheet 5, is a partly sectional view mainly in-rear elevation of the casing adjacent the operating knob and certain of the parts which areassociated therewith.

Fig. 15, Sheet 5, showsthe plate bearing the numerals indicating the number of coins re uired for various purchases.

ig. 16, Sheet 1, is a detail view on enlarged scaleshowing mainly the devices for signaling to the customer and closing the coin slot. I

Fig. 17, Sheet 5, is a detail view of the movable device for signaling that the containeris empty and closing the coin slot.

Having reference tothe drawings At 1 is shown a portion of the partition or wall to which the machine or apparatus is applied. This partition or wall has in it,

as usual in'thecase of the like machines or apparatuses, an opening '2, Figs. .1 and 7, in front of anarticle-container 3, which latter is located at the back of the partition or wall. The said opening has in -connection therewith a delivery-door 4,

which is movably mounted in connection with the partition or wall so as to enable it to be moved as required in order to 0 en and close the entrance to the container. he

said delivery-door is shown as pivotally mounted, or hinged, at 5, 5. In this instance the delivery-door is hinged near its top, but

the location of the hinge, hinges, or journals, may vary in the case of different embodiments of the features of the invention. In closing, the door swings into place within the opening of the partition or wall.

7 The means for looking the delivery-door in closed position may vary more or less in construction and arrangement in the case of different embodiments of the features of the invention. The present embodiment contains a lever 6,shown best in Figs. 2 and 6, provided with means for engaging with the delivery-door so as to eifect the locking of the latter. In this instance the locking-lever is mounted upon a pivot 7 projecting from the back of the partition or wall below the container, the main portion of, the lever being disposed horizontally below the container, and the lever being furnished with a projecting piece or detent 8, Figs. 5, 6 and 7, which projects upward from the lever and, for the purpose of locking the delivery-doorin closed position, enters a hole in the inwardly-projecting bottom flange of the door-frame. This locking piece or detent works through a slot 9 in the 'bottoni of the container, at the inner end of the latter. The free extremity of the leverarm carrying the locking piece or detent 8 works in avertical'guide-slot in a block 10, Figs. 2 and 6, projectin from the back of the partition or wall. he locking-lever is spring-actuated, as presently will be explained. The actuating spring 11, Figs. 2,

4 and 6, acts with a tendency to move the lever into locking position and hold it in such position. I

To provide for unlocking the delivery door, the locking-lever is furnished with an arm that extends upward at one side of the front end of the container, and the devices through which a customer operates the locking-lever under the control of a coin a placed by him within the coin-retainer or raceway are combined with this upwardly extending, arm. The said devices include a secondary lever 12, Figs. 2 and 6, having one end thereof engaged by a pivot 13 with the said upwardly extending arm of the locking-lever. The said secondary lever is arranged to swing in the plane that is 00- cupied by the said coin. For the purpose of enabling the said secondary lever to be actuated by a customer, the other end thereof is connected by means of a link or short connecting-rod 14 with a crank-arm 15 on the inner end of the shaft ofthe knob or handle 17, Figs. 1, 2 and 11, that is arranged at the exterior of the partition or wall for the grasp of the customer. V This secondary lever 12, is arranged to engage,'by a pro ecting portion 12 thereof located intermediate the points of connection with the locklng-lever and the link aforesaid, with the coin which is to control in effecting the unlocking.

When the said coin occupies the proper position in thecoin-retainer or raceway, and the knob or handle 17 is turned bv the customer so as, through the crank-arm 15 and link or connecting-rod 14, to operate the secondary lever 12 in manner to swing the latter around its oint of pivotal connection with the locking-lever 6, toward the said coin-position, the said projecting intermediate 'por tion 12 of the secondary-lever will engage with the coin as in Fig. 6. When this engagement of the secondary lever with the coin occurs the point on the coin at which the contact takes place will become a secondary fulcrum for such lever, wh1ch thereupon will swing around the point of contact with the coin. The result will be that through the turning of the secondary lever around the point of its contact w1th the coin the said lever will actuate the lockinglever 6 to cause it to turn upon its plvot 7 and withdraw the locking projecting or detent 8 out of engagement with the deliverydoor, as in Figs. 6 and 7.

The spring 11 by which the locking-lever 6 is actuated for door-locking purposes, is a pull-spring engaging with a short arm 12, Figs. 2 and 6, of the secondary lever 12 projecting laterally from the point of pivotal engagement of the said secondary lever with the locking-lever. This spring operates with double effect.- Its primary tendency is to turn the secondary lever 12 around its point of pivotal engagement with the locking-lever 6. As a result of this tendency it tends to withdraw the secondary lever from the coin-containing portion of the coin-retainer or raceway, and in doing so draws the operating knob or handle 17. around back to the starting point and keeps 1 it there. The secondary tendency of the said spring is to turn the locking-lever 6 relative to the pivot 7 on which it is mounted, so as to return the said lever to locking position and hold it there.

Provision is made for causing the delivery-door 4, as soon as it is unlocked, to spring into a partly-opened position adapted to attract the attention of the customer and indicate to him that the unlocking has occurred. In this. instance the delivery-door is provided with an arm 18 extending upward above the pivotal mounting of the door and carrying a spring-actuated contact-piece 19 engaging with the back of 'the partition or wall. This contact-piece is a plunger or pin occupying a pocket in the said arm and backedup by an expansion spring that is contained .in such pocket, as

shown in Fig. 5. As the delivery-door is swung to, in closing the same, the springis compressed between the inner end of said pocket and the contact-piece as in Fig. 5,

as a consequence of the engagement of thelatter with the partition or wall, so that while the said door remains locked in its closed condition the spring continues in a state of tension enabling it to occasion the partial opening of the door immediately upon the unlocking of the door, and afterward keep the door inits partially opened condition.

Means for preventing accidental re-lock-v ing of the delivery-door in case it should become closed prematurely 'comprises, essentially, a latch 20, Figs. 4, 6, 8 and 10, that is mounted by means of a pivot 21 said spring and a projection 25 on the side of the said bracket 22. So long as the locking-lever 6 occupies its locking position, the projection 6 on the said locking-lever is below the shoulder 20 of the latch, and free therefrom, but by movement of the lockinglever into unlockingposition the said projection is carried upward past the said shoulder. As the projection passes by the shoulder, the said expansion-spring 23 actuates the latch to produce engagement of the latching-shoulder vwith the projection 6, such engagement preventing return movement of the locking-lever from its unlocking position. The latch remains in engagement with the locking-lever, keeping the latter out of locking position and preventing therebv the re-locking of the delivery-door, until the latch is disengaged by the attendant in the performance of his duties in refilling the container.

The means for locking the filling-door 26 at the back of the container 3 upon the unlocking of the deliverydoor 4 comprises-in the present instance a locking-lever 27,

shown best in Fi s. 3, 4 and 8, which is p V- oted at 28 upon racketf22. The said lock-- ing-lever is adapted for locking engagement with the filling-door, but is capable of assuming a position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in

which it leaves the filling-door unlocked, it being intended that the said filling-door locking-lever normally shall occupy the said unlocking position. Upon the unlocking of the delivery-door 4 the said filling-door lock-v ing-lever 27 is actuated to lock the filling-' door 26 so that the latter cannot be opened. This actuation of the filling-door lock may be effected variously. In this embodiment of the features of the invention I have pro-. vided means in connection with the,delivery-,

door for effecting the locking of thefillingdoor simultaneously, or in other suitable time-relation, with the unlocking of the delivery-door. This simultaneous or substantially simultaneous unlocking of the delivery door and locking of the filling-door is convenient by reason of the simplification of the mechanism which it permits, but the action may be modified in practice, so that the actual unlocking of the delivery-door, and the preliminary springing open of the delivery-door, may take place. without looking the filling-door, and the locking of the filling-door may be produced through the further opening of the; delivery door by the customer for the purpose of obtaining access to the contents of the container.

-Herein, the filling-door locking-lever 27 is arranged alongside the container 3 and as just described, mounted by means of a pivot 28 upon the bracket 22 at-one side of the container; The outer end of the said lever has a lateral projection 27 which will prevent the opening of the filling-door 26 when sald lateral projection occupies a position at the back of one side-portion of the closed door. In the unlocking position of the levershown in Figs. 4 and 5, the said lateral projectlon 27 thereof is depressed relative to the filling-door, and clear of such door,so that the latter may be swung open by the attendant. The filling-door locking-lever may be operated by hand by pressing downward or upward upon a thumb-piece 27 on the outer arm of the said lever. For the automatic actuation of the filling-door locking-lever, the inner arm of such locking-lever is connected by a link 29, Figs. 2, 4 and 8, to an arm 30 on a rockshaft 31, extending across the top of the container 3, at the innerend of the latter, and mounted in suitable bearings 32, 32, Figs. 2 to 5, in connection with the partition or wall. This rockshaft 31 has an arm 33 extending upward alongside the upstanding arm 18 of "the delivery-door frame. Upon the said upstanding arm 18 is mounted a roll 34 which in the closed 'position of the delivery-door occupies a position permitting of a sufficient extent of independent turning movement of the rockshaft 31 to place the filling-door lock in disengaged position, as in Figs. 4 and 5. It is intended'that, as indicated in Fig. 8 in full lines, opening movement of the deliverydoor 4 permitted by the unlocking of the said door 4, shall cause the roll 34, through engagement with the front side of the arm 33 of the rockshaft 31, to turn the said rock shaft and thereby move the lock 27 for the filling-door into engaging position, so as to lock the filling-door and prevent it from being opened. The construction herein is such that the preliminary partial springing open of the delivery-door shall effect a movement of the lock 27 sufficient to engage it with the filling-door, as in Fig. 8 in full lines, and

that more complete opening of the deliverydoor shall produce merely an additional movementof the said lock into a higher position with relation to the filling-door, as in dotted lines in Fig. 8. The construction may be such as to postpone the preliminary movement of the filling-door lock into engagement with the filling-door until more complete opening of the delivery-door takes place. In the final portion of the opening movement of the delivery-door, Fig. 9, Sheet 3, after the lock for the filling-door has been communicated to the rockshaft and to the lock for the filling-door. The engagement of the roll with this portion 33* of the rockshaft arm 33 as in Fig. 9, operates positively to hold the lock 27 of the filling-door in locking position so long as the delivery-door remains open sufiiciently. A friction-spring 35 carried by the back of the filling-d0or acts through its engagement with the lateral projection 27* of the filling-door lockinglever 27 to retain such locking-lever in locking position after the delivery-door has been swung back toward its closed position, and the said friction-spring continues to hold the said filling-door locking-lever in looking position until the attendant restores such locking-lever to unlocking position by manual intervention.

By reason of the control exercised by the delivery-door over the lock for the fillingdoor, the unlocking of the delivery-door, or it might be the more complete opening there.- of, operates to lock the filling-door in closed position. The change in the position of the filling-door locking-lever signals to'the attendant the fact that the delivery-door has been opened.

In order that the unlocking of the fillingdoor 26 may complete automatically the closing of the partially-open delivery-door 4, the rockshaft-arm 33 is arranged so that, in themovement of the filling-door lock 27 by which the unlocking of such door is effected, the action of the inner edge of said delivery-door by means of its actuating spring, which at once acts to occasion such movement and engagement Since the locking of the filling-door prevents a'refilling of the container from being effected, attention on the part of the attendant is compelled and manual intervention is necessitated. pelling the attendant to effect the unlocking of the filling-door before he can open and By reason of com re-fill the container, and by utilizing the movement in unlocking the filling-door to I effectuate the complete closing of the deliv .points in the length of the coin-retainer or raceway, to provide for adjustment of the same according to the number of coins which should-be fed into the coin-retainer or race- ,way for the purchase of the article contained in the container. In the present case, the said stop is constituted by a lever 38, Figs. 2, 3, and 11 having a lug 38, Figs. 3 and 11, which projects into the coin-retainer or raceway, across the path of coins fed into the latter. To provide for the adjustment of this stop into positions at difierent points in the length of thecoin-retainer or raceway, it is mounted upon a carrier 39 which is mounted in connection with the partition or wall 1 with capacity to swing around a center that is concentric with a curved portion of the retainer or raceway in which the stop works. The shaft of the knob or handle 17 and crank-arm 15 passes axially through the hub of the carrier 39. The stop may be adjusted into a position in which a single coin of the required diameter will be arrested within the raceway in 1 position to serve as an abutment and fulcrum for the intermediate portion 12 of the secondary lever 12 in connection with the locking-lever 6 of the delivery-door, or the stop may be adjusted into a position providing for the insertion of two or more of such coins and such that the last-inserted coin shall in like manner constitute an abutment and fulcrum for the secondary lever. The withdrawal of the stop to release the coin or coins after it or they shall have performed the required function in effecting the unlocking of the delivery-door, so as to allow the coin or coins to travel onward into the receptacle provided therefor, is effected by a movement of the step-lever 38 at right-angles to the coin-retainer or raceway. This movement is provided for by mounting the stop-lever 38 pivotally upon the swinging carrier 39, with capacity to swing in the direction at right-angles to the plane in which the carrier swings in making adjustment of the stop. I

An expanding spring 40, Fig. 11, confined between the stop-lever 38 and its carrier 39 by way of prepara-- operates with a tendency to turn the stoplever so as to keep the stop-lug 38 normally in the path of the coin or coins. I utilize this transverse swinging movement of the stop-lever, and its spring-actuation, to effect the locking of the stop-lever and stop in each of the positions of adjustment thereof. That is to say, I provide in connection with the coin-retainer or raceway 36 a raised flange 41 having notches 11 41 etc., corresponding in position with the different required positions of the stop, and I furnish the stop-lever, or the stop itself, with a projecting portion 42, Fig. 11, adapted to enter the notch which corresponds in position with the position which is -given to the stoplever and stop by an adjustment thereof. The spring the said notch. The extent of engagement of this projecting portion 42 within the notch is such that the automatic operation of withdrawing the stop from the path of the coin or coins to permit the onward movement or escape of the coin or co'ins does not withdraw the projection from the notch, and consequently there is no danger of loss of adjustment of the stop in consequence of the release of the coin or c oins.

For the actuation of the stop-lever and stop by the opening of the delivery-door by the customer, so as to withdraw'the stop and thereby release the coin or coins, I provide an actuating lever 43, mounted by a pivot 44 upon a stand 45 attached to partie tion or wall 1. One'arm of the said actuating lever is disposed adjacent the inner arm of the stop-lever, at a point in line with the axis around which the carrier 39 for the stop-lever is arranged to turn. I combine the actuating lever operatively with the rockshaft 31 so that the turning of the said rockshaft as the delivery-door is swung open by the customer will swing the actuating lever through the engagement of the said actuating lever with the stop-lever the latter will be swung to effect the withdrawal of the stop and will release the coin or coins. The actuation of the actuating lever is effectuated by a cranked extension 31 of the said rockshaft 31. The eccentrically disposed portion or crank of this extension works in a slot in the corresponding arm of the actuating lever, as shown best in Fig. 16, Sheet 1.

For the purpose of indicating to the customer the number of coins required for making a pur hase, I provide an opening or window 46, Figs. 1 and 14, in the casing adjacent the operating knob or handle 17, and also connect with the carrier 39 for the stop a plate 47, Figs. 11 and 15, Sheet 5, having a series of numerals in a sequence representing the successive positions of the stop and the number of coins required for each of 40 holds the said projection in 13 upon the pivot 44 thereof, and

such positions. Thus the number pertaining to such series that is exposed at the said opening 46 indicates to the customer how many coins he must feed into the coin-rer and 12, so that it can be seen through, and

in the casing adjacent the knob or handle 17 a slot 36 Fig. 1, registering with that through the coin-retainer or raceway is made. This enables the customer to see the interior of the coin-retainer or raceway from his side of the partition or wall, and enables the attendant to do likewise from his side thereof. Consequently, the customer is enabled to see at a glance whether or not he has placed within the coin-retainer or raceway the required number of coins of the right value and size to provide for the unlocking of the delivery-door, and the at tendant is enabled to do likewise, and the occasion for disputes regarding the coins inserted is eliminated. The opening through the casing is furnished with a transparent covering 36 at the customers side thereof.

As a means of warning an intending customer that the delivery-door has been opened and the contents of the container presumably have been .removed, when the circumstances are such that the attendant probably has not yet refilled the container, I provide a signaldevice which is moved into signaling position by the opening of the delivery-door to an extent suflicient to permit of theremoval of the contents of the container, andwhich remains in signaling position until the said delivery-door has been completely closed and relocked. This signal device may be arranged as herein to make display of its signal at the opening or window 46 for the numeral indicating the number of coins required for a purchase. Itis kept out of sight normally, and has combined therewith connections which move it. to place its signal in view at the said opening or window when the said extent of opening movement of the delivery-door takes place. In this in; stance, the signal-device consists in an arm 49, Figs. 11, 14, 1'6, and 17, that is pivoted at 49 to the casing around the knob or handle 17. It bears the word Empty. It I is arranged to be operated by a forwardly- 'projecting-arm 50, Figs. 14 and 16, of the three-armed actuating lever 43 for the coinstop-lever, so that when the said actuating lever is operated to eflect the retraction of the coin-stop to release the coin or coins occupying the coin-retainer or raceway, through the rocking of the rockshaft 31 that is incident to the more complete opening of the delivery door, the signal device is operated to bring its signal into view at the opening or window' 46 simultane' ously with the retraction of the coinstop and release of the 'coin or coins.

When this signal-device is moved into display position it covers up the numeral that indicates the number of coins required in -making a purchase, which is advantageous 7 because the customer naturally will look'to see how many coins are required, and'the warning is very unlikely to pass unnoticed.

Until the attendant operates the filling- 7 door lock 27 to unlock the filling-door, close the delivery-door, and render the delivery- .door lock 6 operative to lock the deliverydoor in closed condition, the signal-device remains in-Warning position; that is to' say, with the word Empt in view at the opening or window 46. The reason for that is the fact that so long as the filling-door lock remains in its filling-door locking position the rockshaft 31 occupies anan lar position in which its crank-like extension holds the actuating-lever 43 in a position which retains the signal-device in warning position. The depression of the engaging end of the filling-door lock 27, to unlock the fillingdoor and rock the rockshaft 31 to bring about the complete closing of thedeliverydoor, in addition to unla'tching the deliverydoor locking-lever 6 operates throughthe said rocking of the rockshaft 31 to-return the actuating lever 43 and signal-device to able. Thus, I provide a-shutter 51, Figs. 14

and 17, to swing into position at the back of the said entrance or mouth. This shutter is carried by the swinging arm. 49 which bears the signal, so that when both the signal and the shutter are employed the customer has the benefit of both the warning or'notice and the provision for preventing the-insertion oia coin.

Removability of the coin-retainer from its working position is provided for by mounting'thesame in a detachable manner in an opening in the partition-or wall 1. The provlsions for detachability include convenient means for securing the coin-retainer in working position, such means having capacity for being operated to release theretainer to permit its removal, and also being operated to secure the coin-retainer in place after it has been reinstated. In the present instanceIemploy two swinging thumb-pieces 52, 52, Fig. 2, which are mounted by pivotal.

screws 53, 53, in connection with the partition or wall. These thumb-pieces may be swung into engagement with the coin-'re tainer,

tainer for the purpose of securing the latter in' its working position. When it is desired to eflect the removal of-the coin-retainer they may be swung out of engagement with the coin-retainer. v I

The coin-retaineri36 is made in two separable pieces, namely a face-section, 36, Figs. 11 and 13, and a back-section, 36", Figs. 11, 12 and 13, the latter having sideflanges 36, 36, Figs. 6, 11; and 13, to space the two sections apart and form.a passageway between them forthe reception of the coins that are placed within the coin-reand to permit such coins to travel through the coin-retainer. One of the said sections is furnished with dowel-pins 36 36', and the other with sockets for the reception of said pins, for the purpose of holding the two sections in the proper working relations with respect to each other when they have been placed together. The dowel-pins 36, 36 project through the face-section 36 and enter holes 36, 36, in the partition or' wall'l so as to position the coin-retainer exactly in place in the machine.

After being released by the withdrawal of the coin-stop, the coins descend through the coin-retainer and through a section of raceway, 61, Fig. 2, discharging from the latter into the pipe- 62, through which they descend to the place'provided for their reception.

At 65, Figs. 1, 2, and 11, isa holder for a card 66 or the like containing the name of the contents of the container. This holder is slipped into an opening 67 Figs. 11 and 14, in the casing and partitioncat one side of the operating knob 17, and usually in practice the same wording exposed at both sides thereof, so that such wording maybe exposed to the view of both the customer 7 and the attendant.

What is claimed as theinvention is;

1. A vending machine having a non-rotatable article-container, a coin-controlled lockable delivery-door, a lockable fillingdoor, and means operated by the delivery door to effect the locking of the filling-door through the opening of the delivery-door.

2. A vending machine having an articlecontainer, a coin-controlled lockable delivery-door, a lockable filling-door, means to effeet the locking of the filling-door through the opening of the delivery-door, and means in to effect the locking of the delivery-door through the unlocking of the filling-door.

3. A vending machine havin an article-. container, a coin-controlled loc able delive "j-(lOOI, a lockablefilling-door, and means o.- -""je'fl'ect the closing of the delivery-door hrough the unlocking of the filling-door.

4. A vending machine having a non-rotatable article-container, a coin-controlled lockable delivery-door, a lockable fillingdoor, and means to effect the locking ofthe filling=door through the unlocking and open ing of the delivery-door.

5. A vending machine having an articlecontainer, a delivery-door and a filling-door, a locking member for each door, and means intermediate the filling-door locking-ameniber and the delivery-door. and its locking member to efl'ect the closing and locking of v the delivery-door through the unlocking of the filling door. I

6. A vending machine having an articlecontainer, a .delivery door, a filling-door, a

coin-controlled lock for said delivery-door, a

- filling-door lock, a rockshaft actuated by the opening of the delivery-door, and a link connecting said rockshaft with the filling-door lock to produce'the locking of the fillingdoor through such actuation of. the rockshaft.

8. vending machine having an articlecontainer, a delivery-door, a filling-door, a coin-controlledlocking member for said delivery-door, a latch for holding said member in unlocking position, a filling-door lock and a rockshaft operativelv combined with the delivery-door and the filling-door lock to operate the latter to lock the filling-door through the opening of the delivery-door, said filling-door lock in the unlocking of the filling-door operating to disengage the latch from the delivery-door lock and close the delivery-door.

9. A vending machine having a locking member, a coin-retainer,a swinging member in pivotal connection with said locking member, and means'for manually actuating said swinging member to feel for a coin, the parts being arranged so that a proper coin occupying a predetermined position in the coin-retainer will serve as a secondary. fulcrum for the swinging member to cause the-latter to operate the locking member'to effect unlock- I 10. A vending machine having a deliverydoor, a locking lever, a secondary lever pivoted to said locking lever, means for manually operating said secondary lever to feel for a coin, and a raceway for presenting a coin in position to constitute a secondary fulcrum for the said secondary lever on which the latter may turn to actuate said locking lever to unlock the delivery-door.

11. A vending machine having a deliverydoor, a locking lever for said door, a manually-operable secondary lever pivoted to said lever and also actuate the latter to lock the door, and a coin-retainer for presenting a coin in position to constitute a secondary fulcrum for the said secondary lever on which the latter when manually operated may turn to actuate the locking lever to unlock the door.

12. A. vending machine locking mechanism havin a movable member, a lever engaging said member, means for manually operating said lever to feel fora coin, a raceway for presentlng a com in position to constitute a fulcrum for the said-, lever on which the latter may turn to actuate said member to effect unlocking, and a coin-stop adjustable for different numbers of coins.

13. A vending machine 'havinga deliverydoor, a lock therefor, a coin-retainer or raceway havin a coin-stop, manually-actuated devices acting through engagement with a coin occupying the coin-retainer orraoeway to unlock the deliverydoor,' and meansthrough which the opening of the deliverydoor releases the coin and permits its'discharge from the coin-retainer or raceway.

14. A vending machine having a deliverydoor, a lock therefor, a coin-retamer or raceway having a coin-stop, manually-actuated devices acting through engagement with a coin occu yin'g the coin-retainer or raceway to unloc the delivery-door, and means through which the opening'ofthe deliverydoor withdraws the coin-stop and permits the coin to proceed through the coin-retainer or raceway. I

15. A vendingmachine having a deliverydoor, a lock therefor, 'a coin-retainer or raceway, a pivotally-mounted coin-stop, manually-actuated devices acting through engagement with a coin occupying the coinretainer or raceway to unlock the delivery door, and means through which the opening of the delivery-door swings the coin-stop out of engagement with the coin andpermits escape of the latter.

16. A vending machine having a curved coin retainer, a coin-stop working therein, and a coin-stop-carrier movable concentrically with said coin-retainer to adjust the coin-stop into positions corresponding with vdifierent numbers of coins required for purchases.

17 A vending machine having a'deliverydoor, a coinrcontrolled lock therefor, a curved coin-retainer, a coin-stop-carrier movable concentrically with said coin retainer, a coin-stop movably mounted upon said coin-stop carrier, and a coin-stop-actuator, operated by the opening of the delivery-door to withdraw the coin-stop to free a coin occupying the coin-retainer and detained by the coin-stop, and adapted-to actuate the coin-stop in the various positions of adjustment corresponding with different numbers of coins.

18. A vending machine having a deliverydoor, a coin-controlled lock therefor, a curved coin-retainer, a coin-stop-carrier ,movable concentrically with said coin-retainer to adjust the coin-stop into positions corresponding with different numbers of cows, a coin-stop mounted pivotally upon said carrier and having an extension toward the center of movement, and a coin-stop actuator operated by the opening of the delivery-door to engage with said extension to withdraw the coin-stop to free a coin detained by the coin-stop.

19. A vending machine having a deliverydoor, a coin-controlled lock therefor, a curved coin-retainer, a coin-stop-carrier movable concentrically with said coin-retainer to adjust the coin-stop into positions corresponding with different numbers of coins, a series of notches corresponding with the different positions, a coin-stop mounted pivotally upon said carrier and having a lug adapted to work in the respective notches to prevent loss of adjustment, and a camstop-actuator operated by the opening of the delivery-door to withdraw the coin-stop to free a coin detained thereby without disengagement of said lug from'the notch occupied by it.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GOODYEAR. Witnesses:

CHAS. F. RANDALL, ELLEN 0. SPRING. 

